RE: "Work In Progress" times?

[James Hoye <jhoye@xxxxxxx>]

> How long do you folks take on your "disruptive" projects?
>
> In my last flat I created a veritabe DIY-Hell for my wife, by
> having holes
> in walls, unfinished wiring, switches hanging from walls etc...

See http://www.geocities.com/jahoye/default.htm
for an idea (particularly AV
Distribution) of what my other half has had to put up with!

> I have determined not to do this in our new house and so far
> (three years
> in) I am doing "sort-of-okay" Whilst I never leave works in
> an unsafe state,
> I always seem to run out of time to complete a job and tidy
> it off, then it
> will be a week or so (usually the next weekend) before I can
> get back to it.

I know that feeling well, yes, weekends tend to be the only time available
for anything.  Trying to squeeze DIY in with shopping and other things does
get tight.  At least I don't go back to work until 8 Jan this Xmas.

> And it's taking
> >ages<  I have holes in walls, holes in floors, various stages
of
> plastering, cables bursting from the walls all over the shop...

I have tried to do one room at a time - but the problem comes with
carpeting
- once it's down I don't want to have to lift it again - so I've been
running cables (power and phone) all over the place to anticipate this.  As
a result, it's spilled from the bedroom into the bathroom, landing....

> Please tell me (and my wife!) that I am NOT the only one!!!!
> please? :)

Repeat after me 'You are not alone'!

James H

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